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Plate, from a Dessert Service

Cooper Hewitt

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    Object Details

    Manufacturer

    Sèvres Porcelain Manufactory, French, established 1756

    Catalogue Status

    Research in Progress

    Description

    Decorated in yellow, green, red and brown, with gilding. Flat bottom: slightly cavetto marly decorated with concentric bands of yellow and gold, edged with serpentine vine with berries. In bottom, gold laurel wreath enclosing a trophy composed of confections; caption below, in Gothic letters: "Les Patisseries".

    Credit Line

    Bequest of Erskine Hewitt

    Date

    1831

    Accession Number

    1938-57-323

    Restrictions & Rights

    CC0

    Type

    ceramics
    Decorative Arts

    Object Name

    plate

    Type

    plate

    Medium

    hard paste porcelain, vitreous enamel, gold

    Dimensions

    H x diam.: 3.2 x 23.5 cm (1 1/4 x 9 1/4 in.)

    Place

    France

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    Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum Collection
    Product Design and Decorative Arts Department

    Data Source

    Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum

    Metadata Usage

    CC0

    Link to Original Record

    http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/kq43fe4e0e4-4823-4bf6-85fb-02dc172fcf3a

    Record ID

    chndm_1938-57-323

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